Polk township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (78% naturalized citizens)
| Polk township: | 3.6% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
68% of Polk township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 47% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 37% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3489
- Northeast: 2294
- Midwest: 160
- South: 125
- West: 140
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $101,600
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Polk township, Pennsylvania:
- 46 people in other group homes
- 14 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 10 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 4 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,583
- One, attached: 53
- Two: 17
- 3 or 4: 18
- 10 to 19: 16
- Mobile homes: 137
Median worth of mobile homes: $39,500
Housing units in Polk township with a mortgage: 1,217 (76 second mortgage, 170 home equity loan, 27 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 501
- Construction (19%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Health care (20%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Polk township:
- German (25.7%)
- Italian (16.8%)
- Irish (13.4%)
- Polish (9.0%)
- Pennsylvania German (5.9%)
- English (4.6%)
- Dutch (4.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Poland (33%)
- Germany (30%)
- Italy (14%)
- United Kingdom (12%)
- Hungary (4%)
- Greece (3%)
- Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia) (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,434 (85%)
- Carpooled: 282 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 68 (2%)
- Walked: 27 (1%)
- Worked at home: 61 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (41%)
- Electricity (40%)
- Coal or coke (7%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
- Wood (4%)
- Other fuel (1%)
People in group quarters in Polk township, Pennsylvania:
- 46 people in other group homes
- 14 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 10 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 4 people in homes for the mentally retarded
91.2% of residents of Polk township speak English at home.
2.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (80% speak English very well, 20% speak English not well).
6.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (60% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 6,459- In family households: 5,831 (1,475 male householders, 341 female householders)
1,558 spouses, 2,097 children (1,965 natural, 41 adopted, 91 stepchildren), 89 grandchildren, 29 brothers or sisters, 17 parents, 74 other relatives, 151 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 628 (231 male householders (179 living alone)), 261 female householders (204 living alone)), 136 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 74 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 728 2-persons, 403 3-persons, 382 4-persons, 190 5-persons, 96 6-persons, 17 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 383 1-person, 90 2-persons, 19 3-persons,
1,408 married couples with children.
273 single-parent households (84 men, 189 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 61
| Here: | 7.4% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 36
| Here: | 10.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 93
| Here: | 39.7% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |